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Seeds, Rootstocks & BreedingWhy can wounding mango fruit before inoculation change a resistance-screening result?
Wounding changes the infection challenge by bypassing some surface defenses and can increase lesion development. Mango screening research has found that inoculation method affects interpretation. Match the test to the resistance question and retain a suitable comparison. A wounded-fruit assay and an intact-fruit assay should not be treated as interchangeable evidence about resistance under normal handling.